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Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 Article 50

Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 Article 50

Special rules for particular wines

Article 50

1.   In the case of liqueur wines and wines fortified for distillation, the V I 1 documents shall be recognised as valid only where the official agency as referred to in Article 48 has entered the following in box 14: ‘the alcohol added to this wine is certified as being wine alcohol’. The entry shall be accompanied by the following information: (a) the full name and address of the issuing agency; (b) the signature of an official of the agency; (c) the agency's stamp. 2.   The V I 1 document may be used as certifying that an imported wine bears a geographical indication in conformity with either the agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), or the Community legislation on geographical indications or an agreement on recognition and protection of geographical indications between the European Community and the third country from which the wine originates. In such a case, box 14 shall indicate the following: ‘the wine covered by this document is certified as having been produced in the … wine-growing region and was given the geographical indication shown in box 6 in accordance with the provisions of the country of origin’. The entry shall be accompanied by the information provided for in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1.

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Other provisions in Section 2 — Requirements to be met and detailed rules for drawing up and using the certificate and analysis report for imports of wine, grape juice and grape must

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CitationArticle 50 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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